Furring nail



May 4 1926. Y

R. B. FRISBEY FURRING NAI L Filed Feb. 9. 1922 v woeno Russell Beryaminvisbqy,

10 hanging reinforcing Wire fabric, commonly l. A tack including a shank pointed at one v Patented May@ y* l p 'Y l Y. y y

UNITED.; sfr PATENT l ortica'.

RUSSELL BENJAMIN FRISBEY, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO WILLIAM R. OAKLEY, GF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA'.

Y FURRING NAIL.

pplication filed( February 9. 1922. Serial No. 535,113.

llo all whom t 'may concern: face of the tackengages the outer surface of 30 Be it known that I, RUSSELL BENJAMIN said Wall the tacks being spaced about a` FRISBEY, a citizen of'the'United States, refoot apart vertically and horizontally.- Thel siding at Gakland, in the county ofAlameda Wire fabric 6 is placed over said Wooden 5 and State cf California, have invented ccr- Wall and hooked in the grooves l of the tain new and useful'mprovements in Furtacks. The plaster? is thenplastered on the S5` ring Nails, of which the following is a speci- Wall V5 over the Wire'fabric and the heads fication. Y yof the tacks as shown in Figure 1.

My invention is an improved tack for Having described my invention, I claim;

known as chicken Wire, on the Wooden supend, anda cylindrical head on the other end 40 porting Wall of plaster exterior Wire, over of said shank, said head being provided With which wire the plaster is placed. an annular groove near its outer` end, Vthe Referring to the drawing forming a part cross-section v of the headV in the plane of l5 of this specific-ation: Y Vthe groove being ysubstantially larger than Figure l is a vertical section of the wall the cross-section of the shan Y of a plaster exterior building, With the Wire 2. A tack` for supporting metal fabric reinforcementheld in position by my tacks. upon a -Wall, comprising a pointed shank,V Figure 2 is a side view of my tack. an-d a cylindrical head of substantially 20 Figure 8 is a head end View of my tack. i greater radius than said shank, both My tack comprises a shank l and a head bases of said cylindrical head being per- 50 9 at one end of said shank, the other end of pendicular to its axis, said head being p rosaid shank being formed with a point 3. vided With an annular Vgroove spaced from The head 2 has an annular groove 4 near the its base -so that When the tack is driven,

25 outer surface thereof, the head being rather the fabric Will be spaced a predetermined deep .so that the groove is spaced over an distance from said Wall. y 55 eighth of an inch from the inner surface of In testimony whereof 'I affix my signathe head. The shank of the tack is driven ture.V into the Wooden'wall 5 until the inner Sur- RUSSELL `BEl.\TJAl\Hl\T FRISBEY. 

